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... counsels of Deity ; the primitive state and the fall of man ; the guilt and depravity of the hu- man race ; the various workings and effects of moral corruption ; the essential and mediatorial characters of the Saviour ; the divinity of ...
... counsels of Deity ; the primitive state and the fall of man ; the guilt and depravity of the hu- man race ; the various workings and effects of moral corruption ; the essential and mediatorial characters of the Saviour ; the divinity of ...
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... counsel , but these things are only the blandishments of your ruin , and the splendid pre- lude to that misery which is hovering over you . You have spent time enough , and alas ! how much more than enough in giving chace to such ...
... counsel , but these things are only the blandishments of your ruin , and the splendid pre- lude to that misery which is hovering over you . You have spent time enough , and alas ! how much more than enough in giving chace to such ...
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... counsel they depend in the enterprize , like waves dashed against the solid rock , they shall be broken in pieces , by what they vainly attempt to break . And on this basis does the whole safety of the whole church rest , and that of ...
... counsel they depend in the enterprize , like waves dashed against the solid rock , they shall be broken in pieces , by what they vainly attempt to break . And on this basis does the whole safety of the whole church rest , and that of ...
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... counsel ! which is here offered to enemies , this is indeed overcoming hatred and injury with the very best of favours ; by far the most noble kind of victory . A sublime and hea- venly mind , like the upper region of the world , is not ...
... counsel ! which is here offered to enemies , this is indeed overcoming hatred and injury with the very best of favours ; by far the most noble kind of victory . A sublime and hea- venly mind , like the upper region of the world , is not ...
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... counsel , and wrapping himself up in his own happiness , might , from that eminence , look down upon all the vain and wretched pursuits of the mad vulgar . Like drunken men , they reel and stagger from place to place ; they often fall ...
... counsel , and wrapping himself up in his own happiness , might , from that eminence , look down upon all the vain and wretched pursuits of the mad vulgar . Like drunken men , they reel and stagger from place to place ; they often fall ...
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Page 37 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found : surely hi the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page 50 - OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Page 27 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 38 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Page 8 - But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Page 165 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 70 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning : I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Page 73 - Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope is- in Thee.
Page 19 - There be many that say, Who will shew us any good ? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Page 163 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?